Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.

Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. "He does not look so mighty lying there," he said wonderingly. "He does not look so much greater than me.

Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.

There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.

A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.

Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.

I surrender to it, and by surrendering, I control it.